Pictures of the Day: 15 November 2018

Mt. Sakurajima spews out a massive column of smoke and ash in Kagoshima, Japan. The eruption occurred at around 12:45 am. at the mountain's Minamidake summit vent. This is the first time that the active volcano in southern Kyushu has spewed smoke of 4,000 meters or higher since an eruption on July 16. It marked a third such eruption this year.